Kansas City, MissouriMay 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On May 23, 1954, a civilian in Kansas City, Missouri reported seeing two shimmering objects moving in a westerly direction. The sighting lasted four minutes. No sound was heard. The witness reported no estimates of speed or altitude and no other observers were present. The objects were observed from the ground. No photographs were taken and no physical evidence was recovered. The Kansas City municipal tower reported seeing two white objects at 7:52 p.m. moving in a northerly direction. The Kansas City viaduct tower could find no sound and no altitude. The weather was clear and visibility plus surface winds were noted. Scattered 25,000 feet visibility 15 plus surface winds 9 miles. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation, noting possibly aircraft but insufficient data for conclusion.

Reported location

Kansas City, Missouri

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE AND TIME GROUP DAY: 23 05/23/152 2. LOCATION Kansas City, Missouri 3. SOURCE civilian 10. CONCLUSION INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two Possibly a/c, however insufficient data for conclusion. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 minutes [illegible] 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Two shimmering objects, no sound. No est of speed or altitude, no other observers. 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground visual 7. COURSE West 8. PHOTOS yes No 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE yes No FORM FTD SEP 53 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.